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Pigweed
Amaranthus retroflexus

A rough hairy stem with clusters of tiny, greenish flowers. Flowers: In terminal panicles to 2 1/2"(6.5 cm) long and in clusters in leaf axils; flowers intermingled with elongated, bristle-like bracts. Leaves: 3-6" (7.5-15 cm) long, oval to ...… read more

Thorny Pigweed
Amaranthus spinosus

Tiny, yellow-green flowers on a stout, much-branched, sometimes reddish stem. Flowers: Male flowers mostly in slender, terminal spikes to 6" (15 cm) long; female flowers mostly in dense, round clusters; flowers intermingled with bristly bracts as ...… read more

American Spikenard
Aralia racemosa

The large, tapered flower clusters of this 2-5 ft. perennial are made up of many tiny white flowers, each with a tinge of yellow or green. They grow upright above large compound foliage on heavy, leafy stems. Purple-red berries are showy in fall.… read more

Common Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Coarse, hairy-stemmed annual with inconspicuous flowers in elongated clusters. Flowers: male, small yellow-green, packed with yellow stamens, borne in heads of 15-20 florets each, arranged on slender clusters 1-6" (2.5-15 cm) long, near top of plant ...… read more

Great Ragweed
Ambrosia trifida

A tall, rough, hairy plant with elongated, terminal clusters of nodding male flower heads above few clusters of female flower heads; some plants with hundreds of heads. Flowers: Male heads of yellow-green disk flowers, stalked, upside down, in ...… read more

Dusty Miller
Artemisia stelleriana

A pale green, introduced perennial plant with tall clusters of yellow flowers. Height: over 2’ (60 cm). Leaves: densely covered on both sides with fine, white woolly hairs. Flowers: in tall clusters, … read more

Mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris

Introduced. A weedy, invasive plant with deeply divided, aromatic leaves densely silvery downy beneath. Flowers: Head 1/8-1/4" (3-5 mm) long, small, erect, dull red, of all disk flowers; crowded in elongated panicles. Leaves: Green above, simple to ...… read more

Large-flower Brickelbush
Brickellia grandiflora

Clusters of creamy-yellow, rayless flower heads hanging from short branches at tips of leafless stalks borne in upper axils of leafy stems. Flowers: Head 3/8-1/2"(9-13 mm) long; outer bracts ovate, with long slender tips; inner bracts long, narrow; ...… read more

Horseweed
Conyza canadensis (Erigeron canadensis)

A coarse weed with erect bristly-haired stem that has branching clusters of small, cup-like, greenish-white flower heads arising from upper leaf axils. The minute white rays do not spread and thus are not showy; the numerous disk flowers are … read more

Dog Fennel
Eupatorium capillifolium

A weedy, feathery-looking southeastern native with many-branched stems. Arching branches covered with tiny, white, fragrant flowers. Leaves: delicate, unlobed or divided into thread-like segments. Height: 4-9' (1.2-2.7 m)....… read more

Lanceleaf Goldenrod
Euthamia graminifolia (Solidago graminifolia)

Smooth or finely downy stem branches above the middle, with each branch bearing a flat-topped cluster of small yellow flower heads. Flowers: heads about 1/5" (5 mm) long, with 10-20 ray flowers and 8-12 disk flowers. Leaves: 3-5" (7-12.5 cm) long, ...… read more

Florida Lettuce
Lactuca floridana

A loose cluster of numerous blue (sometimes whitish) flower heads atop a leafy stem; sap milky. Flowers: Head 1/4-1/2" (6-13 mm) wide, composed of 11-17 rays. Leaves: Blades 4-12" (10-30 cm) long, deeply cut, dandelion-like; terminal segment ...… read more

Rough Blazing Star
Liatris aspera

A spike of rounded, rayless, pinkish to lavender (sometimes white) flower heads along stiff erect stems covered with grayish hairs. Flowers: Head about 3/4" (2 cm) wide; bracts broadly rounded, flaring, with pinkish, translucent edges. Leaves: ...… read more

Pink-scale Gayfeather
Liatris elegans

The slender, unbranched stem of this perennial gayfeather grows 3-5 ft. tall. Its narrow, needle-like leaves, about 3 in. long, are whorled around the stem. The flower spike, which occupies up to 2 ft. of the stem, is made up of tufted pink or lavender ...… read more

Cusp Gayfeather
Liatris mucronata

This perennial's stiff, upright, unbranched stems, 1-3 ft. tall, grow in wide-spreading clumps. The tufted, purple flowers are densely congested in a long spike on the upper part of the stem. The leaves are narrow and crowded, becoming progressively ...… read more

Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata

Several stems bear narrow, crowded heads with rose-lavender flowers arranged in slender wands. Flowers: heads about 3/4" (2 cm) long, with 4-8 flowers, none of the ray type. Leaves: 3-6" (7.5-15 cm) long, very narrow, stiff, minutely ...… read more

Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya

A spike of rayless, rose-purple (rarely white), cylindrical, stalkless flower heads densely crowded on a coarse, hairy, very leafy stem. Flowers: Head about 1/2" (1.5 cm) wide; bracts with long-pointed, purplish tips, spreading or bent ...… read more

Large Blazing Star
Liatris scariosa

A spike of rayless, pink-lavender flower heads in interrupted clusters on a tall, smooth or downy stem. Flowers: Head to 1" (2.5 cm) wide, on diverging stalks; bracts overlapping. Leaves: To 10" (25 cm) long, numerous, soft-hairy to rough; ...… read more

Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata

A tall spike of rayless, rose-purple (sometimes white), closely set flower heads. Flowers: Head 1/4" (6 mm) wide, stalkless; long styles protruding beyond corolla lobes; bracts thin, scale-like, blunt, with purple edges; spike at least 1' (30 cm) ...… read more

Scaly Gayfeather
Liatris squarrosa

Scaly Gayfeather or Blazing Star may have one or several stems, each erect, unbranched, and 10-24 in. tall. Its leaves are not as numerous as in most other Liatris species. Tuft-like, red-violet flower heads are few and openly spaced in a spike along ...… read more

Fineleaf Blazing Star
Liatris tenuifolia

Long spikes of tufted, lavender flower heads, which bloom from the top downward, may occupy up to 20" (50 cm) of the flower stalk. Flowers: showy elongated clusters of 1/2" (12 mm), bell-shaped, rose-purple ...… read more

Hard-leaf Goldenrod
Oligoneuron rigidum (Solidago rigida)

A tall, coarse, hairy stem bearing a dense, rounded or flat-topped, terminal cluster of dark yellow, bell-shaped flower heads. Flowers: Head about 3/8" (8 mm) long; rays 7-10; disk flowers 20-30. Leaves: Basal ones rough, elliptical, ...… read more

Nodding Groundsel
Senecio bigelovii

An erect, leafy stem with nodding, rayless, yellow flower heads on usually bent stalks and arranged in a narrow branched cluster. Flowers: Head 1/2" (1.5 cm) wide; bracts each 1/2-3/4" (1.5-2 cm) long, side by side, not overlapping. Leaves: ...… read more

Tall Goldenrod
Solidago altissima (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)

Small yellow flower heads on outward-arching branches forming a pyramidal cluster atop a grayish, downy stem. Flowers: Head about 1/8" (3 mm) long. Leaves: Lanceolate, rough above, hairy below, sometimes toothed; lower ones to 6" (15 cm) long, ...… read more

Silverrod
Solidago bicolor

An elongated spike of short-stalked flower heads with white to yellowish-white rays surrounding a yellow central disk atop a hairy, grayish stem. Flowers: Head about 1/4" (6 mm) long; rays 7-9. Leaves: Basal and lower leaves 2-4" (5-10 cm) ...… read more

Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia

Smooth purplish, frequently arching stem covered with whitish bloom and bearing scattered clusters of yellow flower heads in the leaf axils, with a large terminal cluster. Flowers: heads about 1/4" (6 mm) long. Leaves: 2 1/2-5" (6-12.5 cm) long, ...… read more

California Goldenrod
Solidago californica

A California goldenrod with fuzzy-gray leaves and stems and showy, wand-like flowering stalks. Grows from creeping rhizomes. Flowers: spikes of branched clusters of many tiny yellow flowers. Leaves: dark green (gray-green ...… read more

Canada Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis

Tall, leafy, finely hairy stem has tiny yellow flower heads on arching branches in a long or flat-topped cluster at top. Flowers: each head about 1/8" (3 mm) long, with 3 short rays. Leaves: 2-5" (5-12.5 cm) long, lanceolate, finely hairy, with 3 ...… read more

Pine-barren Goldenrod
Solidago fistulosa

Hairy, leaf-clad stem topped with arching branches bearing bright yellow flower spikes. Flowers: plume-like clusters with tiny flowers on one side. Leaves: elliptical, pinnately veined, rough-hairy below, clasping stem. Height: to ...… read more

Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis

This woodland goldenrod, with erect, somewhat zigzag stems, bears small flower heads on short axillary stalks from the upper leaves. The plant is 8-48 in. tall with pointed, alternate, coarsely toothed oval leaves.… read more

Early Goldenrod
Solidago juncea

Solitary or few stemmed perennial, 3-10 ft. tall. Large, narrowly oval, toothed leaves, decreasing rapidly in size upward. The loose inflorescence is terminal, its branches somewhat arching.… read more

Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis

Clumps of slender, gray-downy stems produce terminal, one-sided, yellow plumes that gives the perennial a vase-shaped appearance. A small goldenrod, this plant seldom reaches 2 ft. in height.… read more

Sweet Goldenrod
Solidago odora

Anise-scented goldenrod is a 2-5 ft. perennial with a neat form and rich, anise scent. The yellow inflorescence is usually one-sided, with the base wider than the tip.… read more

Rough-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa

Tall, rough, hairy stem bears divergent, or arching, branches with small, light yellow flower heads concentrated on the upper side. Flowers: heads about 1/6" (4 mm) long, each with 6-11 ray flowers and 4-7 disk flowers. Leaves: 1 1/2-5" (3.8-12.5 ...… read more

Seaside Goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens

Succulent-leaved salt-marsh Goldenrod with arching branches that bear one-sided clusters of large, bright yellow flower heads. Flowers: heads about 1/3" (8 mm) long, each with 7-10 ray flowers. Leaves: fleshy, lanceolate to oblong, toothless; ...… read more

Narrow Goldenrod
Solidago simplex (Solidago spathulata)

Generally several stems in a clump with largest leaves at base and many small yellow flower heads in a narrow long cluster. Flowers: Head about 1/4" (6 mm) long; rays 5-10 (usually 8), surrounding a small central disk. Leaves: To 6" (15 cm) ...… read more

Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa

A stout stem, smooth below and rough above, bearing a dense, pyramidal or club-shaped, terminal cluster of small yellow flower heads. Flowers: Head about 1/4" (6 mm) long. Leaves: Elliptical, obscurely toothed; lower and basal ones 4-10" (10-25 ...… read more

Elm-leaf Goldenrod
Solidago ulmifolia

Slender-stemmed plant, 2-4 1/2 ft. tall. Thin, coarsely toothed leaves. Flowers occur on the upper side of hairy stalks, which arch out and downward creating a vase-shaped flower cluster.… read more

Woolly Ironweed
Vernonia lindheimeri

Woolly Ironweed is a 10-30 in. high clump of gray-woolly stems and leaves. Flowers lack petals, but numerous lavender to purple disk flowers are arranged in showy, terminal clusters.… read more

Vanilla Leaf
Achlys triphylla

Pairs of low slender stalks grow in patches, one stalk actually a petiole, having at its tip a round leaf blade with 3 broad, fan-shaped leaflets; the other stalk ending in a narrow spike of small white flowers. Flowers: spike 1-2" (2.5-5 cm) long; ...… read more

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